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'The Drawer Boy' film seeking financial backing
Pulling ahead
Stuart Hughes, one of the actors involved in The Drawer Boy, a film based on the play of the
same name that was produced on the Blyth Festival stage in 2000, reads his script at the
Lobb farm in Goderich Township. The film and play give a behind -the -scenes glimpse into the
creation of the 1972 play The Farm Show which marked the start of a new kind of Canadian
theatre. (File photo)
After weeks of filming in a
number of Huron County locations,
The Drawer Boy film is in
post -production and looking
for funding support.
The Toronto-based crew was in
Huron County in September filming
at various local locations, including
the Belgrave-area home that inspired
Peter Colley's 1979 Blyth Festival
production of I'll Be Back Before
Midnight, one of the Goderich
Township Lobb farms and a
Listowel -area dairy farm. During
this time, many of the actors lived in
apartments in Blyth and could be
seen around the village when they
weren't shooting.
The group had been working on
the film in Huron County since Aug.
22 and they wrapped production in
mid-September.
The film is based on the play
which was produced on the Blyth
Festival stage in 2000 and tells the
story of The Farm Show in 1972 —
portraying Festival regulars like Paul
Thompson, David Fox and Miles
Potter — which was the dawn of an
alternative form of Canadian theatre,
born on farms in Goderich
Township.
The Farm Show in many ways laid
the groundwork for the Blyth
Festival.
The project is being produced by
the team of Aviva Armour -Ostroff
and Arturo Perez Torres. Armour -
Ostroff is serving as the film's co-
producer and associate director,
while Perez Torres is co -producing
and directing the film.
Armour -Ostroff, in an interview
with The Citizen, says her
background is in theatre and she has
always been familiar with the Blyth
Festival and its productions. Perez
Torres came to Toronto from Mexico
City 13 years ago and in that time he
has made a number of documentary
films, tackling subjects such as
undocumented South American
immigrants to Canadian municipal
elections.
Blyth Lighting of the Lights relocated
This Christmas the Blyth Business
Improvement Area's Lighting of the
Lights will be shifting across the
street from its traditional space in
front of Blyth's Memorial Hall.
The hall can't be used due to
ongoing renovations of the courtyard
at the space which is part of a multi-
million dollar renovation to the
entire hall through Blyth Arts and
Cultural Initiative 14/19 Inc.
Sharon Davis, who previously ran
Sharon's Cars and Miniatures, will
be hosting the lighting of the lights
at her storefront at 432 Queen Street,
directly across from the front
doors of Memorial Hall. The event
is set for Saturday, Nov. 26 and
Sal's Alley
The official kickoff of the Blyth 140th anniversary celebration in 2017 was held at the
municipal parking lot in front of Scrimgeour's Food Market on Saturday. The event featured
food, Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company beer, fun and music from Sal's Alley, shown above,
throughout the day. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Decision to leave difficult: Clark
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be leaving the church he called home
for nine years in 2017.
"It was hard. Leaving is always
hard," Clark said. "If it wasn't hard,
then I've definitely stayed way too
long."
However, in many ways, leaving
the churches may be the best way to
maintain those friendships in the
future, he said.
Clark says that the way forward
for the churches is that a "vacancy"
will be declared and the senior
members of the church will seek to
fill the vacancy. During the process,
while Clark won't be involved, he
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the communities of Blyth and
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will begin at 6:30 p.m.
"We're going to have some great
things for people to do thanks to
donations from local businesses,"
she said. "We're going to have the
lighting of the lights, of course, and
then a ginger bread decorating event
for the kids and some snacks for
everyone."
Davis said plans are also in place
to have a Christmas tree placed in
the green space beside her storefront
as well as her own collection of
animatronic Christmas figures in the
storefront to welcome the holiday
season. Local musicians are also
being invited to be a part of the
event.
When asked why Davis would put
her own space forward for the
celebration, she said it was
important to keep the event going.
"It's always been here since I
moved here and it's something
people look forward to," she said.
"We have to keep it going
so when Memorial Hall is
finished, we can hold the event there
again."
Davis said the event, along with
other annual outings organized by
local groups, are important for the
village and keep the people who live
in Blyth invested in their
community.
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The two have been together for a
number of years, but The Drawer
Boy represents the first time they
have actually worked together.
It started simply enough, Armour -
Ostroff says, when she put a call out
on social media asking theatre fans
which Canadian play they'd most
like to see adapted into a film. The
answer that came back was The
Drawer Boy.
With playwright Michael Healey's
blessing, the two began production.
The project began two years ago
with location scouting and casting
and then made its way to Huron
County for just under a month of on -
location shooting.
The filmmakers are now in post-
production on the film and have
established a fundraising goal of
$50,000 to help bring the project to
fruition. There is a deadline of Nov.
8 for the group's fundraising efforts.
With a page on the crowdfunding
website indiegogo.com, the
filmmakers are attempting to raise
funds from those interested in seeing
the film completed.
As of Tuesday morning, the
fundraising total sat at just over
$14,000 from over 100 backers.
There are a number of fundraising
levels starting at $5 and running all
the way up to $5,000. There are
several perks associated with the
higher levels of fundraising,
including an Associate Producer
credit for a $1,000 donation or an
Executive Producer credit for a
$5,000 donation.
To become a backer for the
project, or to view The Drawer Boy
trailer, visit its Indiegogo.com web-
site at indiegogo.com/projects/the-
drawer-boy-film-canada.
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